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Chinese Style Bronze Lion-Headed Sceptre Chinese Style Bronze Lion-Headed Sceptre Chinese Style Bronze Lion-Headed Sceptre
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LOT 1831

Chinese Style Bronze Lion-Headed Sceptre

20TH CENTURY AD.

20 5/8 in. (2.12 kg total, 52.5 cm high including stand).

The round-section shank with low-relief decorative panel of seated Buddhas to the top and two grotesque figures below; the finial formed as stylised tiger with open jaws; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 1831

Chinese Style Bronze Lion-Headed Sceptre

Sold for (Inc. bp): £130

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